PURL 3.1 Pasilo "Inviernal" (Wintertime)

Media reference:
pg. 74

About this
recording

“Invernal" was a poem written in 1920 by poet laureat José María Egas (1896–1982) and set to music by Nicasio Safadi (1902-1968). This is an example of the type of pasillo that was raised to the level of a national symbol. The verses are imbued with a nostalgic air and flowing rhymes that suggest the illusion of love and being loved. The consonance and rhymes of the lyrics make an ideal poem to be set to music.

In this recording, the Hermanos Miño-Naranjo perform to the arrangement of guitars and harp. This is a pasillo costeño, as the lively tempo and predominance of the major mode indicates.